![]() It’s possible that her body-switch counterpart, Morgan Turner, mimicked Gillan, but I don’t think so. No one does it better here than Karen Gillan. In either case, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle attempts to appease both camps, imagined or not, through careful allusions placed throughout the film, acknowledging the existence of its predecessor and paying homage to it, while also attempting to take advantage of the talent of its current stars. Or, doing so imagines a divisiveness in an audience that’s just whelmed, not over or under, and no one cares that much. The other camp will gape at the assembled comedy all-star team (adorned with some ample eye candy) and the accompanying overuse of Guns N’ Roses in the marketing campaign, and declare that this reboot-sequel-hybrid looks like a lot of fun. One camp will profess a love and nostalgia for the original, Robin Williams vehicle, and not really understand how you can take a movie about a board game come to life and replace it with a story about a people being put in a video game. When discussing Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the soft-sequel, hard-reboot to 1995’s Jumanji, there are clearly two camps of thought. ![]() ![]() Your level 9 stellar cast is no match for my bad writing, He-Man!īefore we begin, let’s bring all parties to the table, peacefully. ![]()
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